CALLS  FROM  THE  FOREIGN  FIELD 


PERSIA  HAS  A POPULATION  OF 
TEN  MILLIONS  AND  NOT  A SINGLE 
COLLEGE  OF  ANY  SORT  WORTHY 
THE  NAME 


AN  UNPRECEDENTED 
OPPORTUNITY ! 

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The  Imperial  Palace. 
Teheran,  21st  May,  1911. 

To  the  Superintendent  of  the  American  High 
School,  the  Rev.  S.  M.  Jordan. 

Dear  Sir: 

It  is  with  the  keenest  interest  that  I heard  about 
the  eighteenth  annual  Commencement  of  your  High 
School  and  the  great  success  you  have  achieved 
with  the  graduating  class.  I regret  very  much  to 
have  been  deprived  of  the  pleasure  of  being  myself 
present  to  this  annual  meeting  as  before.  I send, 
therefore  my  most  hearty  wishes  for  the  welfare 
and  the  further  prosperity  of  the  splendid  educa 
tional  work  you  have  undertaken. 

Yours  sincerely, 

Abol  Kassem. 

During  the  minority  of  Sultan  Ahmad  Shah 
(crowned  July  21st,  1914),  Abol  Kassem  Khan. 
Masir-ol-MoIk,  was  regent  of  the  Empire  of  Persia. 
He  is  a graduate  of  Oxford  University  and  is 
reputed  to  have  had  one  of  the  most  brilliant  minds 
ever  found  at  Oxford. 


Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Michigan, 

July  22,  1914. 

Dear  Mr.  Speer : 

I wish  I had  language  to  write  down  the  enthusi- 
astic and  spontaneous  approval  I feel  for  the  work 
of  the  Presbyterian  Missions  in  Persia.  You  are 
to  be  congratulated  upon  It. 


I was  deeply  Impressed  by  the  magnificent  work 
being  done  in  the  American  High  School  in  Teheran, 
the  efficiency  of  the  management,  the  character  and 
the  fine  natural  ability  of  the  students,  the  oppor- 
tunity for  service,  and  the  need  of  a college. 

I visited  the  site  recently  purchased  for  the  col 
lege.  It  Is  the  very  best  location  in  all  the  environs 
of  the  city.  The  work  is  great,  is  needed.  Is  In  good 
hands,  arid  will  reflect  the  greatest  possible  measure 
of  credit  upon  all  who  assist  it. 

Yours  most  sincerely. 

Chase  S.  Osborn. 

The  Hon.  Chase  S.  Osborn,  ex-Govemor  of  Michigan, 
for  the  past  thirty  years  has  been  an  extensive  traveler, 
and  has  visited  many  mission  lands.  On  his  return 
from  a recent  two-year  tour  he  wrote  the  above 


I believe  that  no  greater  need  or 
opportunity  for  a Christian  College 
can  be  found  than  the  need  and 
opportunity  in  Teheran.  There  is 
unhindered  access  to  every  element 
of  the  population.  The  Mohammedan 
fathers,  rich  and  poor,  are  not  only 
ready  but  eager  to  have  their  sons 
admitted  into  the  institution.  The 
Mission  and  the  Board  are  anxious 
to  develop  it  to  full  college  grade. 
Its  Christian  character  and  influence 
are  pronounced.  Many  of  its  Moham- 
medan students  have  already  accepted 
Christ  and  the  work  that  it  can  do  in 
forming  character  and  spreading 
knowledge  and  supplying  leadership 
is  the  work  which  Persia  most  needs. 
Having  visited  Teheran  and  seen  the 
conditions,  I endorse  this  appeal  with 
earnest  conviction. 

Robert  E.  Speer. 

Secretary  Presbyterian  Board 
Foreign  Missions 


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Self-supporting  Boarding  Department 


One  of  the  most  remarkable  insti- 
tutions under  the  control  of  The 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions is  the  American  High  School  for 
Boys  at  Teheran.  The  enrolment  in 
recent  years  has  been  about  540  (the 
utmost  capacity  of  the  school),  more 
than  300  of  them  Persians,  that  is 
Moslems,  the  rest  Armenians,  He- 
brews and  Zoroastrians.  There  are 
about  200  in  the  High  School  Depart- 
ment. The  growth  of  the  school  and 
the  wonderful  success  of  the  self- 
supporting  Boarding  Department  at- 
test the  earnest  desire  for  education, 
which  renders  expansion  imperative. 
Now  is  the  time  to  add  to  the  school 
such  a college  department  as  new 
conditions  in  Persia  demand. 

American  colleges  are  uplifting  and 
transforming  almost  every  land.  In 
Persia  there  is  not  a single  college  of 
any  sort  worthy  of  the  name. 

A.  W.  Halsey,  D.D. 

Secretary  Presbyterian  Board 
Foreign  Missions 


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Old-fashioned  Persian  School 


TEHERAN  COLLEGE 
TEHERAN,  PERSIA 


BEGINNINGS 

The  school  was  started  more  than  forty 
years  ago,  but  the  instruction  was  of  a 
primary  character  till  18S7  when  the  grade 
was  raised  to  that  of  a good  grammar  school 
with  a little  additional  high  school  work,  and 
for  the  first  time  an  American  devoted  his 
time  to  it.  Even  then  the  pupils  continued 
to  be  drawn  exclusively  from  the  Armenians, 
Jews  and  Zoroastrians,  as  the  children  of 
Moslems,  that  is  the  Persians  proper,  who 
constitute  98  per  cent,  of  the  population,  were 
strictly  forbidden  by  the  Persian  Government 
to  attend. 


TRANSITION 


In  the  late  nineties  a few  Moslem  boys 
began  to  come.  In  1900  there  were  twenty- 
two,  and  from  that  time  on  they  have  stead- 
ily increased.  The  law  of  the  Medes  and 
Persians  has  altered.  The  impact  of  the 
West  upon  “The  Unchanging  East”  has  had 
an  effect.  The  Persians  within  the  past  few 
years  have  become  extremely  liberal.  They 
have  lost  faith  in  the  old  way  of  doing  things. 
They  demanded  and  obtained  from  the  Shah 
a modern  constitution.  The  belief  that 
Western  civilization  and  Western  forms  of 
Government  are  what  they  need,  and  that 
Western  education  will  solve  all  their  diffi- 
culties is  the  never  failing  theme  of  all  the 
intelligent  classes.  In  ever  increasing  num- 
bers they  are  sending  to  us  their  children 
for  whom  they  now  demand  a college  educa- 
tion. We  have  the  lead  and  should  maintain 
it.  We  must  expand  or  miserably  fail  to  live 
up  to  this  “Unprecedented  Opportunity.” 

Partly  in  imitation  of  our  schools  the 
Persians  have  opened  in  the  city  of  Teheran 
seventy-odd  schools  for  boys  and  about  forty 
for  girls.  These  are  modeled  on  modern 
lines  and  are  doing  work  far  superior  to  the 
old-fashioned  schools;  but  the  superintend- 
ents and  teachers  never  having  been  properly 
educated  and  knowing  little  or  nothing  of 
modern  theories  or  up-to-date  methods  are 
not  able  to  do  a very  high  grade  of  work. 
Even  if  they  could  give  the  mental  training 
desired  they  cannot  supply  the  Christian 
standards,  the  ideas  and  the  ideals  of  life 
requisite  for  the  regeneration  of  the  nation. 
We  can  and  do,  and  the  fact  is  widely  recog- 
nized by  the  Persians.  It  is  the  high  moral 
standards  and  earnest  religious  tone  of  our 
school  quite  as  much  as  its  educational  effi- 
ciency that  have  made  it  popular.  Intelligent 
Persians  recognize  that  their  failure  as  a 


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nation  is  a moral  failure — a failure  of  char- 
acter rather  than  a failure  of  intellect.  It 
is  the  common  thing  for  a father  on  entering 
his  son  into  the  boarding  department  to  say, 
— “I  want  to  get  this  boy  away  from  the  bad 
influences  of  my  home.  I want  to  get  him 
away  from  the  corrupting  influences  of  his 
mother.” 


American  Legation, 
Teheran,  May  14,  1910. 

Mv  dear  Mr.  Jordan  : 

I cannot  forbear  to  Compliment  the  American 
High  School  upon  the  showing  made  at  the  Com- 
mencement Exercises.  1 was  much  surprised  at 
the  orations  of  the  Persian  graduates  from  Shiraz 
and  Ispahan  upon  such  subjects  as  “The  Federation 
of  the  World.”  “Man’s  Conquest  of  Nature.”  and 
"Commerce  and  Railroads.”  * * * l'our  dominating 
purpose  evidently  is  to  give  what  we  know  in  the 
West  as  a real  education  of  character,  intellect,  and 
heart. 

It  would  gratify  me  very  much  to  see  your  insti- 
tution seize  what  seems  to  he  a good  opportunity 
to  become  a rival  of  Robert  College  and  of  the 
American  College  at  Beirut  of  which  I heard  so 
much  on  my  way  through  “The  Near  East.”  » * « 

Very  truly  yours, 

Charles  W.  Russell. 

Mr.  Russell  was  American  Minister  lo  Persia 

1910-1914. 


DEVELOPMENT 


The  curriculum  of  the  school  has  been 
broadened  and  deepened.  It  now  corresponds 
to  a good  preparatory  school  or  high  school 
in  America,  with  primary,  grammar  and  high 
school  departments,  doing  in  addition  a cer- 
tain amount  of  college  work.  The  attendance 
has  risen  from  66  in  1900  to  540  in  recent 
years,  and  large  numbers  have  been  turned 
away.  The  tuition  which  in  1898  was  $2 
per  year  has  been  raised  to  $1.50  per  month 
in  the  primary,  $2  in  the  grammar  school, 
$2.50  in  the  high  school,  and  $5  for  college 
lessons,  while  the  highest  charge  in  any 
other  school  in  the  city  is  $1.60  per  month 
for  high  school  work.  The  income  collected 
on  the  field  has  risen  from  $153  sixteen  years 
ago  to  $13,540  last  year. 

The  Boarding  Department  opened  in  18S7 
was  practically  free  and  was  discontinued  in 
1894  for  lack  of  funds.  Those  in  charge  later 
decided  that  it  should  never  be  reopened 
except  on  a self-supporting  basis.  In  1910 
the  experiment  was  tried  on  a very  moderate 
scale.  Grave  doubts  were  entertained  by 
many  as  to  the  feasibility  of  the  undertaking 
It  was  a pronounced  success  from  the  very 
beginning.  The  first  year  16  were  accepted 
and  40  additional  applicants  were  refused 
for  lack  of  room.  The  next  year  the  capacity 
was  increased  to  45  and  all  places  were 
promptly  taken.  Three  years  ago  53  were 
crowded  in,  4 additional  were  lodged  in  the 
home  of  the  Principal,  and  70  others  who 
came  from  all  parts  of  Persia  were  turned 
away.  If  we  had  the  dormitory  space  the 
number  of  boarders  would  probably  soon 
mount  into  the  hundreds. 

One  of  the  remarkable  things  about  this 
Boarding  Department  is  the  class  of  pupils 
enrolled.  While  pupils  from  every  grade  of 


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society  and  of  every  race  and  creed  are  ac- 
cepted without  discrimination,  an  unusually 
large  number  are  the  children  of  the  nobility 
and  of  the  other  most  influential  families  of 
the  country.  As  in  ancient  times  all  roads 
led  to  Rome,  so  to-day  in  Persia  all  roads 
lead  to  Teheran,  and  the  prominent  men  from 
every  part  of  the  country  flock  to  the  capital. 
In  addition,  the  school  has  such  a reputation 
that  children  are  sent  to  it  from  the  most 
distant  parts  of  the  kingdom,  20,  30,  40  days’ 
journey  by  caravan,  and  remain  in  the  school 
for  years  without  returning  home.  In  the 
school  at  present  there  are  studying,  the 
children  of  cabinet  ministers,  of  royal 
princes,  of  governors  of  provinces,  of  other 
high  officials  and  influential  men — boys,  who, 
whether  educated  or  not,  will  in  future  years 
be  among  the  rulers  of  Persia.  Seldom,  if 
ever,  has  any  school  had  such  an  opportunity 
to  influence  the  new  life  of  an  awakening 
nation. 

This  Boarding  Department  is  not  simply 
self-supporting  in  that  it  pays  all  its  own 
expenses.  A fair  charge  is  made  for  lodging 
so  that  it  is  really  a source  of  income  and 
helps  other  departments  of  the  school.  Then, 
too,  the  boarders  coming  from  the  wealthy 
and  well-to-do  families  are  able  to  pay  full 
tuition  fees  and  so  increase  the  income  of 
the  school  proper. 

The  spirit  of  the  school  is  most  democratic. 
The  sons  of  princes,  aristocrats,  and  the 
wealthy  mingle  on  terms  of  perfect  equality 
with  the  children  of  the  poor,  attend  the 
same  classes,  sit  in  the  same  seats,  rub  shoul- 
ders on  the  football  field,  and  all  learn  to  be 
friends.  In  the  Boarding  Department  each 
boy  makes  his  own  bed  and  takes  his  turn 
waiting  on  the  table. 

The  young  men  trained  in  this  school  are 
exerting  an  influence  out  of  all  proportion 


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to  their  number.  They  are  found  throughout 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the  Empire,  in 
positions  of  honor  and  trust.  They  are  mem- 
bers of  Parliament.  They  are  under-secre- 
taries in  the  State  Department  and  the  other 
departments  of  the  Government.  They  are 
chiefs  of  customs  and  post-offices  and  tele- 
graphs in  various  cities.  They  are  officers  in 
the  army  and  in  the  police  departments. 
They  are  found  in  the  banks,  native  and 
foreign.  They  are  physicians,  teachers,  edi- 
tors of  newspapers;  and  some  of  the  best 
text-books  in  the  vernacular  have  been  pre- 
pared by  our  graduates.  The  enlightening 
influence  of  this  school  has  been  one  of  the 
important  factors  in  the  awakening  of  Persia, 
and  the  establishing  of  free  institutions  and 
constitutional  government. 


The  American  Legation, 
Teheran,  Persia,  April  28,  1910. 

1 feel  certain  that  few  places  or  countries  in  the 
world  are  so  much  in  need  of  Christian  education 
and  Christian  civilization  as  Persia  and  know  of 
no  worthier  cause  to  which  Christians  might  con- 
tribute than  the  upbuilding  both  morally  and 
intellectually  of  the  much  neglected  youth  of 
Persia.  Only  a person  acquainted  with  the  work 
done  by  the  American  High  School  can  at  all 
appreciate  the  results  already  accomplished. 

John  L.  Caldwell. 

American  Minister  to  Persia 


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PRESENT  STATUS 


The  present  plant  of  the  school  is  worth 
approximately  $50,000.  Part  of  it  will  be 
turned  over  to  Iran  Bethel,  the  American 
high  school  for  girls,  for  much  needed  expan- 
sion, and  the  other  part  will  be  continued  as 
a day  school  for  the  younger  boys.  A new 
location  for  the  college  of  40%  acres,  just 
outside  the  city  walls,  has  been  secured, 
and  with  improvements  to  date,  including 
one  residence,  has  cost  about  $30,000. 

The  courses  planned  for  the  immediate 
future  are  Commercial,  Bible  Training,  and 
an  Arts  Course.  Medicine,  Pharmacy,  Agri- 
culture and  Engineering  also  are  demanded 
and  should  be  added  as  soon  as  possible. 

The  size  of  the  plans  we  are  making  is  an 
indication  of  our  estimate  of  the  opportunity, 
and  of  the  demand  for  education,  and  our 
faith  in  the  ultimate  outcome.  We  are  not 
planning  for  small  things;  for  that  is  not 
what  the  situation  demands. 

The  earnest  enthusiasm  for  education,  the 
remarkable  success  of  the  Day  School  and 
of  the  self-supporting  Boarding  Department, 
the  present  over-crowded  quarters,  and  the 
college  site  already  secured,  constitute  a 
mighty  call  to  the  home  church  to  advance. 


PLANS  FOR  BUILDING 


The  first  column  shows  what  is  necessary 
for  the  first  beginning  on  the  new  site.  The 
second  column  shows  what  will  become  nec- 
essary as  soon  as  the  College  is  opened  on 
the  new  basis.  The  first  column  must  be 
provided  the  first  year.  The  second  should 
follow  without  delay. 

Following 
Beginning  Years. 

Dormitories  at  $7,500  each..$  7,500  $22,500 

Residences  at  $6,000  each...  6,000  18,000 

College  building,  including 
administration,  recitation 
halls,  large  assembly  hall 
that  can  be  used  for  chapel, 
laboratories,  etc 33,500  20,000 

Equipment,  improvement  of 

grounds  3,000 

Gymnasium  10,000 


$50,000  $70,500 


TEACHERS  AND  SALARIES 
NEEDED 


The  college  staff  ought  to  be  enlarged  to 
include  a qualified  business  man  to  be  head 
of  the  Commercial  course,  and  a trained 
physical  director,  also  qualified  to  teach.  The 
Persians  greatly  need  athletics.  It  is  good 
for  the  morals  of  students  and  for  the  de- 
velopment of  the  qualities  of  character  which 
Persia  requires.  There  should  be  a man 
to  teach  biological  sciences,  preferably  a 
graduate  physician,  and  also  a short  term 
man  to  teach  English  whose  salary  for  three 
years  and  traveling  expenses  to  and  from 
Teheran  would  be  $2,700.  A woman  with 
normal  training  could  take  charge  of  English 
in  the  Junior  High  School. 


THE  CENTURY  CO. 

358  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York. 

October  19.  1910. 

My  dear  Dr.  Jordan : 

I have  your  very  kind  letter. 

I well  remember  that  while  1 was  serving  as  Treasurer- 
General  of  Persia,  1 had  in  my  employ  a number  of 
young  Persians  who  had  been  educated  in  the  American 
High  School  of  Teheran.  The  moulding  influence  of 
that  school  was  manifest  in  the  character  and  ability 
of  these  young  men.  In  efficiency,  faithfulness  and 
trustworthiness  they  stood  in  a class  by  themselves. 

Among  my  dearest  friends  and  most  trusted  coun- 
selors was  Arbab  Kaikhosro,  possibly  the  most  influen- 
tial member  of  the  Madjlis.  He  was  trained  in  this 
school  and  never  tired  of  praising  the  fine  work  it  is 
doing. 

Persia  is  in  great  need  of  men  of  education  and  char- 
acter who  can  be  the  leaders  of  their  people.  I hope 
that  all  your  plans  for  Teheran  College  may  be  realized. 

Sincerely  yours, 

W.  Morgan  Shuster. 


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FACTS -OPPORTUNITY- 
RESPONSIBILITY 

1.  Persia  is  the  one  Bible  land  which  has 
preserved  its  name  and  independence  for 
twenty-five  centuries.  Is  it  not  possible  that 
God  has  rich  things  in  store  for  her? 

2.  The  West  is  deeply  indebted  to  Persia 
not  merely  for  Persian  rugs  and  Omar 
Khayyam,  but  also  for  her  contribution  to 
the  arts  and  sciences,  and  above  all  else  for 
the  service  rendered  to  the  Kingdom  of  God. 
Other  nations  were  the  despoilers  and  op- 
pressors of  God's  people,  Persia  was  the 
protector,  the  preserver  and  restorer. 

3.  When  to  the  Jew  all  others  were  Gen- 
tiles unclean,  and  to  the  Greek  they  were 
barbarians  despised,  then  a Persian  King 
restored  Israel  to  the  Holy  Land,  returned 
the  vessels  of  silver  and  gold,  and  rebuilt 
the  temple. 

4.  The  Persians  were  liberals  2,500  years 
ago.  They  manifest  the  same  spirit  to-day. 
hence  they  are  seeking  the  best  wherever  it 
can  be  found. 

5.  The  Persians  are  fully  awake  to  the 
value  of  Western  education.  They  are  will- 
ing to  pay  for  it  and  are  determined  to  have 
it.  Whether  it  shall  be  rationalistic,  atheistic 
and  destructive,  or  Christian  and  construc- 
tive, depends  upon  us;  for  the  northern  half 
of  Persia  has  been  allotted  to  the  Presby- 
terian Church. 

6.  It  is  an  axiom  that  the  regeneration  of 
a country,  social,  political,  intellectual,  moral 
and  religious,  must  be  worked  out  by  her 
own  people.  A college  is  needed  to  train  up 
men  of  character  capable  of  being  leaders. 

7.  The  average  Persian  educated  abroad 
gets  out  of  touch  with  his  own  country,  loses 


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sympathy  with  his  people  and  comes  to  de- 
spise them.  He  accepts  everything  Western 
as  good  and  all  things  Persian  as  inferior. 
He  loses  faith  in  his  old  religion  and  does 
not  accept  another.  A rationalist,  an  atheist, 
and  a carping  critic,  he  returns  a curse  to 
his  country  rather  than  a blessing.  In  our 
schools  we  adapt  the  best  Western  methods 
to  the  needs  of  the  country.  While  we  retain 
the  good  in  their  own  civilization  we  inspire 
the  students  with  enthusiasm  for  the  high 
ideals  and  the  pure  standards  of  Christian 
lands. 

S.  The  boys  of  the  boarding  department 
glory  in  the  fact  that  they  do  not  smoke  or 
drink,  and  they  boast  that  a new  boy  always 
has  his  morals  and  entire  character  reformed 
inside  of  three  months. 

9.  The  wealthy  and  influential  families 
flock  to  the  capital.  Teheran  has  grown  as 
rapidly  as  one  of  our  Western  towns.  Forty 
years  ago  the  population  was  60,000;  now  it 
is  estimated  at  400,000. 

10.  The  area  of  Persia  is  equal  to  the 
United  States  lying  east  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  exclusive  of  the  Gulf  States. 

11.  Persia  has  a population  of  10,000,000 
and  not  a single  college. 

12.  An  able  people  of  our  own  race  and 
color  are  struggling  upward  toward  constitu- 
tional government,  free  institutions,  and 
twentieth  century  enlightenment.  Unaided 
they  are  doomed  to  stumble  and  fall.  NOW 
IS  THE  TIME  TO  LEND  A HAND. 

S.  M.  Jordan,  Principal. 


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British  Embassy, 
Washington,  9th  Oct.,  1916. 
My  dear  Mr.  Jordan : 

Jjc  if:  ♦ ♦ 

I remember  the  American  High 
School  at  Teheran.  I was  very  greatly 
impressed  during  my  stay  in  Persia 
with  the  wonderful  work  of  the  mis- 
sion and  especially  by  the  work  done 
at  the  school.  I am  surfe  that  my 
opinion  is  that  of  all  who  have  known 
the  mission  and  the  school  and  have 
followed  in  any  way  the  noble  and 
civilizing  work  which  is  being  done 
there. 

I well  remember  that  all  races  and 
creeds  were  represented  in  the  school 
and  all  treated  with  impartial  respect 
and  consideration.  The  result  was 
very  greatly  to  enhance  the  respect  of 
the  Persians  for  our  civilization  and 
religion  and  to  promote  good  will 
among  men. 

Yours  sincerely, 

Cecil  Spring  Rice. 

British  Ambassador  at  Washington. 


Requests  for  additional  information  may  he 
addressed  to  Rkv.  S.  M.  Jordan,  D.U.,  15H  fifth 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
of  the 

Presbyterian  Chnrch  in  the  l'.  S.  A. 

156  Fifth  Avenue.  New  York  City 


November,  1916 


Form  8448 


